r/windows is a subreddit with 381k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests, and the community frequently discusses windows, annoying, tools, looking for, and app, and they frequently recommend/review browser, pdf viewer, and youtube downloader.
This is not a tech support subreddit, use r/WindowsHelp or r/TechSupport to get help with your PC.
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Popular Themes in r/windows
#1
Solution Requests
: "Corrupted save files / Game cannot read save files from %USERPROFILE% because of diacritics / Mercenaries 2: World in Flames cannot read save files if your Windows "username"(NAME OF PC) in Users folder contains diacritics, accents, or non-ASCII characters (ľ, š, č, ť, ž, and manny others..)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/windows
#1
Windows
: "I got every major Windows release till XP running on my calculator!"
90 posts
#2
Annoying
50 posts
#3
Tools
23 posts
#4
Looking For
16 posts
#5
App
9 posts
#6
Windows 11
7 posts
#7
Windows File Explorer
4 posts
#8
Updates
3 posts
#9
Worst
3 posts
#10
Windows Explorer
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/windows
Browser
34 reviews
#1
Microsoft
4.2★ from 9 reviews
#2
Mozilla
4.1★ from 7 reviews
#3
Google
4.0★ from 6 reviews
Pdf Viewer
28 reviews
#1
Sumatra PDF
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
PDF-XChange
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Drawboard PDF
4.0★ from 3 reviews
Youtube Downloader
17 reviews
#1
youtube-dl
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
JDownloader
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
4K Video Downloader
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/windows
#1
Discussion
: "Which Windows logo do you like?"
16 posts
#2
News
: "On this day in 2000, Microsoft officially released Windows ME"
5 posts
#3
Concept / Design
: "XP time in Switzerland"
4 posts
#4
Feature
: "Windows 8 was actually intended to ship with Areo Glass effects."
4 posts
#5
App
: "Windows Clock App no longer has a...clock"
4 posts
#6
Humor
: "How is this possible???"
4 posts
#7
Meta
: "Windows 11 to 7 tranformation!"
2 posts
#8
Solved
: "Corrupted save files / Game cannot read save files from %USERPROFILE% because of diacritics / Mercenaries 2: World in Flames cannot read save files if your Windows "username"(NAME OF PC) in Users folder contains diacritics, accents, or non-ASCII characters (ľ, š, č, ť, ž, and manny others..)"
1 post
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+34k members(9.8%)
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Last updated: September 23, 2026